NguMidge O'Brien, Uluntu
UHarold Hongju Koh, owayengumcebisi wezomthetho kaHillary Clinton kwiSebe likaRhulumente uye wamenywa 'njengesithethi esinikwe amandla' kwiKholeji yoMthetho ye-UI, iintsuku ezilishumi elinesibini ngaphambi konyulo lukaNovemba. U-Koh, okwangoku unjingalwazi weSikolo seYale Law kunye nowayesakuba nguDean, ngumhlobo osenyongweni wabaphumelele eYale Law School uBill noHillary Clinton. Wamiselwa nguMongameli uBill Clinton njengoNobhala oNcedisayo woMbuso weDemokhrasi, amaLungelo oLuntu kunye naBasebenzi; kunye noMongameli u-Obama, njengomcebisi ophezulu wezomthetho kuNobhala weLizwe uHillary Clinton: wamnika iingcebiso zomthetho ngexesha lovukelo luka-2009 eHonduras, ngo-2011 US / NATO uhlaselo eLibya, kunye nokubulawa kuka-Obama okuqhubekayo - kunye nokulawula umonakalo. kwimpikiswano yakhe ye-imeyile. Akayi kuthetha ukuba laliyintoni elo cebiso, ebanga “ilungelo lomthengi wegqwetha” – nangona iNkundla ePhakamileyo iye yawisa isigwebo esichasene nokuthenjwa kwamagqwetha namagqwetha karhulumente namagosa karhulumente.
Ummeli ozimiseleyo wenkqubo yokubulala ekujoliswe kuyo, "uKiller Koh" uxhasa ukuba semthethweni kwento ayibiza ngokuba "ukubulala ngokungekho mthethweni" ePakistan, Yemen nakwamanye amazwe akuMbindi Mpuma e-US "imfazwe yobugrogrisi," esithi ihambelana "nawo wonke umthetho osebenzayo. , kuquka nemithetho yemfazwe,” yaye ecaphula ‘umgaqo wolungelelwano’ “wokuthabatha ngenyameko enkulu ekucebeni nasekuphumezeni iinjongo ‘ezisemthethweni’ kuphela ekujoliswe kuzo nokuba umonakalo esibambise wona ugcinwa umncinci.” Kumzamo obuthathaka wokwenza izinto elubala, ulawulo luka-Obama lusandula ukukhupha imvume ethobekileyo yokuba abanye "abemi be-116" banokuba ngamaxhoba ohlaselo lwe-drone yase-US - inani elingangqinelaniyo neengxelo zamangqina okuzibonela, iintatheli kunye nabaphandi bamalungelo abantu yabhala amawaka amaninzi abantu abangxwelerhekileyo. UMongameli u-Obama uthe - kumzuzu wokuziveza-ngqondweni- "Kuyavela ukuba ndilungile ekubulaleni abantu ... Bendingazi ukuba iya kuba yisuti yam eyomeleleyo" (esuka kuMark Halperin & John Heilemann, "Double Down : Utshintsho loMdlalo ngo-2012”).
Ukuba u-Hillary Clinton wonyulwa njengomongameli, ngeengcebiso zikaTim Kaine kunye noKiller Koh, unokulangazelela ngakumbi ukubulala abantu abaninzi kunomntu owandulelayo: inani labantu abenzakeleyo lingadlula eloluhlu lokubulawa kuka-Obama, kanye njengokuba ukubulawa kwakhe namhlanje kakhulu. ukodlula iiGW Bush.
Ekupheleni kwe-5 ka-Agasti, i-White House ithobela ngokukrakra umyalelo weNkundla ye-Federal (osuka kwi-suit ye-ACLU) kwaye yakhupha "Isikhokelo soMgaqo-nkqubo kaMongameli" (PPG) kwinkqubo ka-Obama yokubulala okujoliswe kuyo. I-PPG imisela ukuba "akukho nto kule PPG eya kuthathwa ukuthintela uMongameli ekusebenziseni igunya lakhe loMgaqo-siseko ... ukugunyazisa amandla okubulala umntu obeka isoyikiso esiqhubekayo, esisemnyango kubantu belinye ilizwe." (Ukubulala abemi baseMelika kufuna imvume eyodwa nguMongameli). Uluhlu lokufa luzotywa ngeveki 'yikomiti yokutyumba' kwaye iphononongwa ngamagqwetha ee-arhente ezityumbayo (i-CIA, i-Pentagon, i-NSC, amagosa eSebe likaRhulumente kunye "namasekela kunye neenqununu zekomiti yokutyumba").
Kumazwe asixhenxe akuMbindi Mpuma apho kugetyengwa ngeedrone, “imimandla yemfazwe esebenzayo” – iIraq, iSyria neAfghanistan (akucaci ukuba iLibya ibandakanyiwe na) – ayifuni mvume yangaphambili. Ngale ndlela yomthetho ekhoyo, i-White House kunye neBhunga loKhuseleko leSizwe zikhuselwe kukuhlolwa kwangaphandle, nakwiCongress. Icinga ukuba uMphathi oMkhulu unokwenza nantoni na ayifunayo; iya kubonelela ngoMongameli uClinton #2, ngemvume yeekhetshe uTim Kaine noHarold Koh, amandla amakhulu kunye nelayisensi yokubulala.
U-Koh njengowayesakuba ligqwetha leSebe likarhulumente uye wakhusela esidlangalaleni ukubulawa kwabantu ngokungekho mthethweni “njengenkqubo efanelekileyo phantsi koMgaqo-siseko kwixesha lokuwohloka kokuziphatha nezopolitiko.” Kwintetho yakhe kwi-Oxford Political Union ngo-2013 wathi, "Olu Lawulo alwenzanga ngokwaneleyo ukuba lucace malunga nemigangatho yomthetho kunye nenkqubo yokwenza izigqibo ... ” esongeza ukuba oku kungabikho kokungafihliyo akunamveliso kwaye kuye kwakhokelela “kumfanekiso ombi woluntu” wokubulala okujoliswe kuko. Ngaba uProf. Koh ucinga ukuba ukuvezwa kwamva nje kwePPG (eyenziwe ngokutsha kakhulu) eyalelwe yiNkundla ibonelela "ngokungafihlisi" ukwanelisa abagxeki bobusemthethweni bokubulala okujoliswe kuko?
Nangona u-Koh echazwe njengommeli obalaseleyo wamalungelo oluntu kunye namalungelo oluntu (ekubonakala ukuba angabemi base-US kuphela), uye waba "ngoomathuba alinganayo" njengomcebisi wezomthetho kulawulo lukaReagan, uClinton no-Obama - bonke baye banyhasha amalungelo oluntu. yabemi bamazwe angaphandle. Akazange amele amalungelo oluntu kunye namalungelo oluntu njengelungu leSebe lezoBulungisa kwiOfisi yeNgcebiso yezoMthetho kuMongameli kulawulo lweReagan, xa loo ofisi yayithethelela ukuphulwa komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, iTshatha yeZizwe eziManyeneyo kunye noMgaqo-siseko wase-US, ngokuphula kabuhlungu umthetho. amalungelo oluntu kunye nemizamo yokuphazamisa amazwe aseGrenada, e-El Salvador, eNicaragua (ezama ukurhoxa kwiNkundla yoBulungisa yaMazwe ngaMazwe, eyagxeka i-US ngokuqhushumbisa amachweba aseNicaragua), eGuatemala, eLibya, e-Angola nakwezinye iindawo ezikumazantsi eAfrika; naxa ixhasa urhulumente wocalucalulo waseMzantsi Afrika ngokuchasene nabemi bayo abantsundu, yaxhasa uhlaselo lukaSirayeli kunye nokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi kwiinkampu zeembacu zasePalestina eLebhanon, yaza yaxhasa iindawo zokuhlala zakwaSirayeli ngokungekho mthethweni kwiPalestinian Occupied Territories – apho i-US yasebenzisa i-veto yayo kwi-UN Security Council, ngokuchasene nezohlwayo ezichasene ne-US. Ukongeza, ulawulo lweReagan kunye nabacebisi bayo bezomthetho bala ukuxhasa izivumelwano zokuvalwa kovavanyo lwenyukliya, endaweni yoko zandisa izixhobo zenyukliya zokuqala, iSDI ("iimfazwe zeenkwenkwezi") kunye nemijukujelwa yeMX. Ayiyongxelo onokuzingca ngayo kumntu osebenza njengomcebisi wezomthetho kumongameli.
Ithuba elongezelelekileyo likaHarold Koh lokuba afundise abaphengululi bezopolitiko kunye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe liphakamisa umbuzo othi, Ngaba iYunivesithi yase-Illinois College of Law - kunye nerekhodi yezohlwayo - ifanelekile ukufundisa amagqwetha exesha elizayo, xa ixhasa umntu onjengomlingiswa kaHarold H. Koh kula maxesha azaliswe ziipolitiki?
INkundla yaseNuremberg yaseNuremberg ngo-1947 yachaza ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuba izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho zabamangalelwa abalishumi abangamaNazi ababegwetyelwe ukubulala nezinye izenzo ezimanyumnyezi, iyelenqe lokwenza izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho emfazweni kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho olunxamnye noluntu lwabemi kunye nabemi bezizwe ezithinjiweyo, bafanele ukufumana isohlwayo esiqatha nokuba okanye. babengazibandakanyi nomkhosi. Isigwebo saseNuremberg sisemi kumthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.
Ulwamkelo lokuqhankqalaza ukubonakala kukaNjingalwazi uKoh lucwangciswe kwintendelezo esemantla yeKholeji yoMthetho phambi kwentetho ngenjikalanga ye-28 ka-Okthobha.
(uMidge O'Brien wayeyingcali kwezemfundo kwi-U. of I. iilebhu zesayensi yobomi ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini kunye nonobhala kwiManyano yaBaqeshwa abaQeqeshiweyo; wayeyijaji yolonyulo iminyaka elishumi elinesibini; ilungu leNyukliya, kunye nePrairie Alliance ngokuchasene namandla enyukliya; kunye nomlweli ochasene nemfazwe ukusukela ngo-1965. Ulilungu leQela loMhlaza.)
